ABC Apologizes for ‘Kill Everyone in China’ Line on Jimmy Kimmel Live

ABC issued an apology after a “Jimmy Kimmel Live” skit spurred complaints from an Asian American group called 80-20. In the skit, which was meant to mock childish politicians, a child suggests in an unscripted comment that the U.S. “kill everyone in China” help wipe out U.S. debt.

A representative for ABC sent Speakeasy this statement: “We offer our sincere apology. We would never purposefully broadcast anything to upset the Chinese community, Asian community, anyone of Chinese descent or any community at large. Our objective is to entertain. We took swift action to minimize the distribution of the skit by removing it from all public platforms available to us and editing it out of any future airings of the show. We hope our actions and our apology effectively address your concerns. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.”

On Monday night’s show, Kimmel addressed the issue. “I thought it was obvious that I didn’t agree with that statement, but apparently it wasn’t,” Kimmel said about what the child said on his show. “So I just wanted to say, I’m sorry, I apologize.”

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